Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-07
KALAMITY.
'aid M2t.er-SundaT sure.


To-day Is Sunday. TIE church bells
are rigging thair tones OF encouragement
to those who are "elmost persuaded" to
attend the seGgices.
Among the LudG.e s Of other brilliant
rewspaPermen VINO honor Te1aS by living
in il, doubtless | Gm the oni7 one VINO
viii not attend church today. The only
reason WY stay 81 home Is hat msy
pen words e enthusiastic eGc1urag aln, III
10 ghe ether boys. ! ike 10 SEE tnen be
GOOD and houeet and ricA.
As this lesson IS S"ecisl.T intended ior
Texas ionrnst;s.s, the puoIc will excuse
re if deal largely il facts relative 10
that peculiar profession.
The newspaper business is s peculiar
Business. No enc will ever appreciate
is multitudinous pecu!iaTitiss whO tas
cot followed it as a profession. Even
thea he may nave his doubts about i.
began ny career as a journalist wheD y
III re boy | was persuaded TO do 50 by
E lady friend who possessed wonderful
Influence over ne, and this, with my ten
der years, is the only excuse | car offer
10 an outraged public. Alas, what g vast
bouquet CT swelterirg victims owe
heir careers Of crime TO the in
hIerce OF w0men, and o.EeG things.
gut cannot turn back noR. The way is
tlO dark and steep. Some uas0phistlCs-
ted galoO6 has said that "thc newspaper
business is an Uphill! w0rE." Ri2b. here
pause 10 brand that statement rs
slaader upon the profession. From per
soral experience and painful Observation,
Enthusiastically say taas the newspaper
business is ''d0Wubii' al the way with
decided c2s&r2Ct tendency Gurir@ E0iti-
Cal campaigns.
When sn unfortu ate bostman ventures
near enough the Niagara rapids to be
caugh. il the grasp OF the furious waves,
us useless 10 pun an oar, and the mCst
sensible thing tt can ito Is - cross his
legs, light q ciGal and 50 gl.mmtrirg over
the precipice. lie will have 2
lovely Iile till he hits the
bottom, and then it IL soon over.
A few survive the plunge aGi gain the
pincid waters beyond. but they generally
/ = over in bGmb-prGOi barrels, like the
crank who not the whirlpool rapids. Tn
success q oGe man emb0IdGns 600 TO
make the trial, and the grand army OF 'he
newspaper men IS constantly increasing
/ ia numbers, if not il intellec. j smart
man can run g paper aud TOOL can d.
The same, though So Ordinary mar could
hardly err in deciding the Issue. Cle viii
run it successfully, the ether viii run Il
N the gTouad-And some very aggressive
! journalists succeed IN running themselves
in the ground, with their heads To me
+ west, 6nd s modest s!aD q native timber
IIeadS, HShOtD
/ began ny journalistic career On the
/ Houston Post, nut OF course no sensible
and fair minded man will allow this fact
( 10 cause him to stop his subscription 10
( that sterling psper. rushed wildly into
/ print, though Frequently warned By thC
J puDlic generally not to do 50, and l q
evil hour conceived the hGir-brained
scheme OF purchasing an internal machine
| Of my own-a country newspaper. The
trade YES not hard l. mske eEd l shall
never forget the feeling CT utter felicity
that crepG through ny OVeT-stI2insd sys-
TEN when | gazed foEdiy around on the
dirty dozen OF hsIt-t,led cases and said
with Alexander SelSirk
am monarch of all survay
m ord OF the castle, I LrUst,
Pm goiag to have my own way,
-A'lN CAAL NAls3 l0l'NA Vi INtEts
Ely gentle, pOp-tye0 reader, l busted
Al, those ware my days Of sweet iuno,
CeIca. | sat upon s luxurious nail keg
IN my palatial saHctlm and penEed
verbs Of living liquid ire ina. went rush
iUg 0ut 20 nv 80 psylbg subscribers Rnd
$50 de8ilG5ds, aud my whole existence
wss one continual An Of July. wit1 s
prohibition picnic as tes.rs.
On assuming the editorial tenn of my
journaDstic "GUg Cut' tie whole atuos.
poere seemed laden with the perfume o.
$50 gold coins, while last above my head
Fame held al eighteen Karat shop made
crown, .IimmeG II greenh&cBs cut bias
Every grIcle il Tie Clica seemed te
smile and 'gelCme me. The pro0f-roller,
which the Ctlice boy always left on nay
desk 10 BE- used as 4 paper weight, was
au object OF Interest while the patent
dOu0!e drop cgjinder-rotatipg-G George II
Wasting hand power press stood in
one corner OF the editorial departments -
thing CT beauty and an expense toreNer
The twin galleys smiled serenely from
the elegant pine imposing stone, while
the "ShcO stc6" reposed comfort
ably in The "hell box" alongside OF mos
Of the body type belonging to the office
OF course NY dear gum chewing readers
will understand shat although am using
technical phrases peculiar 70 the profess
ion, no extra charge will be attached
Tie back numbers CT the paper hunE
across string in one corner of The
room, WI Ia the paste pot WAS dominoeC
beDesth g pile OF Old exchanges under the
editorial table. Hiding the paste pot is
necessity in great country office, where
typographical tourists, tired and hungry
are constantly dropping in. The editor
don't care for small matters, put it is in
convenient to step everything aud "makt
paste" every time one CT these neCessi
ties Of the business pays you profe5
slonal call.
Every one is familiar with TIE peculiar
cessation produced upon the soles of tn
feet by standing Oh the edge of 3 nigl
r-cjp!ce ard csziug in the depths below
me cause q tails Is, inst being located
far from the brain, the feet hs7e no wa,
of telling whether the individual in
t-Uds jumping of Or not, and il
fancy they feel the effects Ct the leap
Politicians say they frequently suG4.
THIS way jus. pIor ID G political cleo
tiou.) The peculiar sensation is plainly
t{elt when the young editor stands By witt
Eb.ted breath, and watches t1o fist plpeI
) faH from the press Wnich bears his nam'
q st taeslEtst head, as editor aod proprietor
al c9n Reyer forget tina. happy moment
i, Tne Impression vas bad AID ny Dan.
,sSeGE with l0wer case *" but tel